2Corinthians:11:16-33
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I say again ,
Let no man think me a fool ;
if otherwise ,
yet as a fool receive me ,
that I may boast myself a little .
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That which I speak ,
I speak it not after the Lord ,
but as it were foolishly ,
in this confidence of boasting .
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Seeing that many glory after the flesh ,
I will glory also .
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For ye suffer fools gladly ,
seeing ye yourselves are wise .
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For ye suffer ,
if a man bring you into bondage ,
if a man devour you ,
if a man take of you ,
if a man exalt himself ,
if a man smite you on the face .
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I speak as concerning reproach ,
as though we had been weak .
Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold , (
I speak foolishly ,)
I am bold also .
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Are they Hebrews ?
so am I .
Are they Israelites ?
so am I .
Are they the seed of Abraham ?
so am I .
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Are they ministers of Christ ? (
I speak as a fool )
I am more ;
in labours more abundant ,
in stripes above measure ,
in prisons more frequent ,
in deaths oft .
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Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one .
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Thrice was I beaten with rods ,
once was I stoned ,
thrice I suffered shipwreck ,
a night and a day I have been in the deep ;
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In journeyings often ,
in perils of waters ,
in perils of robbers ,
in perils by mine own countrymen ,
in perils by the heathen ,
in perils in the city ,
in perils in the wilderness ,
in perils in the sea ,
in perils among false brethren ;
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In weariness and painfulness ,
in watchings often ,
in hunger and thirst ,
in fastings often ,
in cold and nakedness .
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Beside those things that are without ,
that which cometh upon me daily ,
the care of all the churches .
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Who is weak ,
and I am not weak ?
who is offended ,
and I burn not ?
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If I must needs glory ,
I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities .
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
which is blessed for evermore ,
knoweth that I lie not .
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In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison ,
desirous to apprehend me :
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And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall ,
and escaped his hands .